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a, - - LOUUSIANA
¶'hLare is nothing small about Mon
Sana, where a man is accused of of
fering a bribe of $2,500,000.
Religious conditions in Chicago must
be peculiar when a clergyman's mind
turns to the invention of a bullet-proof
Vest.
Sir Thomas Lipton is going to
shortdn the Shamrock. She will be
short enough at the conclusion of the
race.
The Women's Federation at Toledo
discussed the ideal woman. Can't tell
you anything about it until the model
arrives.
New Jersey should change her coat
of arms and should adopt as the cen
terpIece of her new one an octopus
couchant.
Mary MacLane received 100 offers
ýf marriage while she was in the East.
No wonder Mary thinks the East is "a
crazy old place." "
Col. Taylor of Chicago has fallen
heir to a castle in Germany. He will
find that it costs more to maintain it
than a castle in Spain.
Presidnt Eliot of Harvard says
gambling is a vice of savages. The
gentlemanly Fiji islan'ders in Wall
street will please take notice.
A lot of Swiss bicyclists are coming
to the United States through the Ca
nadian border. The whole people will
now hav a chantc to do some maneu
vering.
One magazine has received 40,000
unsolicited manuscripts within the
year. Of course, the burden of re
turn postage fell ,i tfinappi eciated
genius.
Hall Caine has no compiaints to en
ter against the sleeping car system in
this country. It is averred that he
tangs up his hat and turns in with
his clothes on.
" Mexico has lost its case before the
Hague tribunal, but it should feel
some satisfaction in making the suc
cessful claimant take so large a sum
in Mexican dollars.
California will produce 100,000,001
pounds of prunes this year, which is a
tip to married folks not to break up
- ousekeeping. Wait until the season
when the crop fails.
A Syracuse gentleman named
O'Connor is accused by a widow of be
lng engaged to both herself and her
mother; that's one way to solve the
pother-in-law problem.
Mrs. Burton Harrison advises wo
men to talk politics in the family
circle. But Mrs. Harrison should un
~ierstand that there are times wben
the masculine worm will turn.
Just stand in the middle of Main
street and holler "Carrie Nation!"
Then listen to the rapid slamming of
- saloon doors the full length of the
-:street.-Houston (Texas) Post.
A staff of enumerators in New Jet
sey is asking each family in Essex
county: "Have you a Bible of your
own?" The question should he added:
"If so, do you know where it is?"
Mascagni is learning a lot of new
things concerning the advertising
methods of American managers. his
Attistic soul might rebel if it were not
for the handsome profits that are ac.
cruing.
Rev. Benjamin De Costa of New
York, who is reported to have describ
ed Newport as a cakewalk ornament
ed with divorce, has evidently studied
thC literary style of the Inimitable Mr.
Watterson.
The coal operators insisted that
there was nothing to arbitrate, and
the President responded on behalf of
the people that there was also noth
ing to burn. With the 'one supplied
the other will follow.
Inasmuch as a corruption fund of
$20,000 for use in the city council has
been discovered in Havana there ap
lpears to be somne mistake in the re
lorts that' the Cubans are not fitted
to conduct a modern, up-to-date gov
ernment.
There Is something in a name. Colo
stel P. B. Hogshead of Staunton. was
the Virginia delegate at the meeting
oi the National L.iluor Dealers atsso
elation at Washington. Mr. Tank
was not present by name, but he was
-ell represented.
Mr. Morgan is not one of the direc
tors of the ship conomline. It looks like
cruelty for him to collect his com
mission and then tilrn the trust loose
to battle single-handed with the world.
S. The hoboes of the (oulntry are cele
brating over the announcement that
one of the largest bathtub factories
has gone into the heands of a receiver
The pork pie fanclers of England
are a stuck-up set; they- have just
learned that the hakers are using glue
in the preparation of their pet dish.
Meessrs. Jerome K. Jerome and An
thony Hope have had the privilege of
dining with Gen. Corbin. Now if they
are not freshly inspired we will have
to give them up as beyond
[ox llntin in [!i Swiin.
The hunting season is in full swing again at the Meadow Brook Hunt on
Long Island and the Radnor and Rose Tree hunts near Philadelphia. These
clubs, organized exclusively for chasing sly Reynard over farm country to the
deep-toned baying of the hounds and galloping after Engiish packs in a drag
hunt, are the most famous of their kind in America.
But the members of the Meadow Brook Hunt will not have Theodore
Roosevelt to ride with them as in the days bef re he became so busy in the
public service, and they are continually regretting the fact. All true sports
men love one who hunts for hunting's sake--.ot because it is a fad--anti
who is as daring as he is enthusiastic.
It was his fondness for club meets that partly led Mr. Roosevelt to build
a house at Oyster Bay. He wanted to be comparatively near the Meadow
Brook Club, on the Hempstead iains.
There are many anecdotes told at club-breakfacts about the president's
club hunting days, but the one that is a prime tavorite this year was told
recently for the first time. Here it is:
It often happened eight years ago t'tat the Me.dow Brook woul'l have a
"throw in" up by the Roosevelt house, and on tLc.:e occasions Mr. Roosevelt
frequently entertained the club at breakfast.
One day, shortly after his house was fini -hcd, the future president gave a
hunt breakflast, and after it was over
- set out with his fellow huntsmen for
I a ten-mile dira:;. ess than an hour
later a friend, who was inspecting
,. ' the new stables, saw Mr. Roosevelt
.ride up.
lie noticed that Mr. Roosevelt
1 had liberal quantities of court-plas
ter on his face, that he showed some
blood, that he had his right hand
Si 1{ waistcoat and that when he dismount
_ , ed he did so caution;sl];.
The friend began to think that
he had had a nasty fall, but Mr.
Roosevelt was so cool and played so
unconcernedly with a little Roosevelt
o being wheeled by a nurse near the
S- - -- stables that the friend decided he
was only scratched.
Theodore Havemeyer's Private Pack. And that was what the future
president said when he was asked what was the matter-"Only a scratch
just a little scratch."
In a few minutes, and without any signs of haste, the president went into
the house and the friend dismissed the incident trom his mind. A quarter
of an hour later, as the latter was standing in front of the house, a lather
covered horse tore up the driveway.
When its rider, a well-known Long Island doctor, pulled up he breath
lessly inquired:
"How's Mr. Roosevelt? Has he come home?"
"What's the rumpus, Doe?" the friend asked. "Yes, he's home, but o
Iar as I can see he's only got about a yard of court-plaster on his face. He
can't be, hurt very much, because he's been playing with his baby since he
came back."
The doctor looked astounded, then shouted as he dashed into the house:
"Why, man, he broke an arm when his horse went down!"
A few days later this same friend met Mr. Roosevelt, with an arm In
a sling, on Fifth avenue.
"Sorry you didn't tell me the other day your arm was broken." he said.
"Perhaps I could have helped you."
"Pooh! Pooh!" was Mr. Roosevelt's reply; "merely a scratch! Merely
a scratch!" And he turned the conversation.
Besides being proud of the distinction of having the president of the
United States as a fellow member, the 300 members who compose the Meadow
Brook Club are also proud of the fact that two women amc-sg their number
v ý
Meet of the Meadow Erookt at President Roosevelt's Home.
are acknowledged to be the leading huntswomen and the most acc'mplished
horsewomen in America. They are Mrs. James L. Kernochan and Mrs. Emily
Ladenburg.
Of the two Mrs. Kernochan is perhaps the better known in this
country; while Mrs. Ladenburg has more fame in England and on the con
tinent, where she frequently engages in her favorite sport.
Mrs. I adenbnrg, who is the widow of Adolph Ladenbur_, hunts not only
on Long Island, but in Europe. at Newport and at Aiken. N. C. Unlike Mrs.
Kernochan. Mrs. Iadenbnrg grew up in the saddle. As a girl she hunted
with the Rockaway hounds, of which her brother, Eben Stevens, once was
master.
Most men stop following the hounds when they reach middle age, but
P. F. Collier. at 70) odd years, attends the meets with as clock-like regularity
as he did in his younger days. Whenever the bugle sounds the start he is
pretty sure to be on hand, and before the hunt is over he is pretty sure t,
run away from nearly all the young bloods who endeavor to kesp with hinm.
Several years ago Mr. Collier Ibought a stag and invited his friends to
help him hunt it over Jersey country. At first they had much sport, but
finally the stag became so tame thrt
he would run toward the horsesH and
bounds instead of away from them.
The stag is now eating his head ,
off down in New Jersey, at Eaton
town, where Mr. Collier has an estate.
Mr. Collier :till laughs abho!t his lit- -
tle experience with the stag.
Theolore Iiaveme'yer is another
'well-known and expert horsmnan alnld
huntsman. He has owned sonicm o .
,the best hunters ever brought to
America, notably Satan and Spent- ' ---
thrift. He joinedl the Mealow Broolk -.-'- -"
'about four years aco. and mlo\ved to e.+ •-,, .._ ...
the Hempstead Plains, occupying the -"
house that E. D. Morgan enlarged andl
'lived in before he acquired his pros-  ''4'"
ent place in the Wheatley Hills.
August Belmont owns two hunt- Mrs. Emily Ladenbur-j.
ers. He has been out several times this year, but he does not fcllow the
hounds as much as formerly. tie has two sons who run after the bounds oun
ponies and promise to develop into keen huntsmen. August. .lr.. racently
became owner of his flr.st ilunler.
Ralph Ellis. nma-ter of the Meadow Brooltk Itunt. has a fine stable of eight
hunters, and when hie isn't sailing one of his tnree yac.hts he is hunting IH-t
is a millionaire sev'ral timnes over and a bachelor.
Among Philadelphia's htntsmen Col. Edwaid de V. Molrrell, whlo mar iel
MIss Drexel. Is the hcest knowni. lie has a stable of flune hunters anti atte al
1very meet of the Radnor Iltmnt.
Once every year the Riadnor lIunt gives a breakfast to the farmers oer
whose land it hunts~ and then it is that Co. Morrell is thotographed w
this arms affe~lionaetly intertwined with those cl ii.c farmer gulestrs.
POPULAR SCIENCE
Sandal for Winter Wear.
The ordinary sandal Is only intended
for wear in warm weather and as a
slight protection to the bare foot, but
the device recently invented by Jo
se-h F. Fish of Chicago, Ill.. is de
signed to be clamped on the bottom of
a shoe or bunoot, to protect the foot of
the wearer :gainst cold due to contact
with the earth, particularly when the
ground is covered with ice or snow.
The Invention comprises a sandal hav
ing a sole and heel connected by an in
step portion, the sole consisting of a
plurality or built-up sections so con
structed as to readily yield to the
movement of the foot of the wearer.
The sandal is secured to the sole of
Clamps on the Bottom of the Shoe.
the shoe by a toe cap and a clamp de
signed to engage the heel of the shoe.
The clamp is formed of two pivoted
levers, joined by links to a third. By
pulling the third lever back against
the side of the heel the links are loos
ened, allowing the hooked rear ends
of the clamping levers to release their
hold on the opposite side of the heel.
The principal advantage of this sandal
is that it does not heat the foot, as is
the case with rubber overshoes, and,
as arrangement is made for adjusting
the clamps to fit heels of different
sizes, the sandal may be worn with
shoes of any size.
Will Foretell Storms.
It is said that Fr. Odenbach of St.
Ignatius' College, in Cleveland, O., has
invented an instrument to foretell the
coming of distant thunder storms,
utilizing the principle at the base of
wireless telegraphy. The various parts
of the apparatus are a relay, a sound
er, a coherer, a choking coil, two bat
teries, a recording chronograph and a
copper collector on the roof, connected
by a copper wire with the observatory.
A lightning flash sends out in all di
rections rays of electro-magnetic
waves. These strike the collector and
descend through the wire to the prim
ary circuit of the relay. Their way is
blocked by the choking coil, and there
fore they pass in great part through
the coherer. The moment they do so
this tube becomes a conductor for the
primary current; the relay acts and
closes a secondary circuit; the record
ing magnet moves a pen and makes it
record; and at the same time the
grounder in the e-scondary circuit
clicks, shakes the coherer, and all is
over until a second district flash sends
out a wave to be recorded in the same
manner. The first form of the appar
atus has been improved by using a
graphite coherer, and records distant
thunder storms from one to three
hours before they reach Cleveland. It
appears that at least an hour's warn
ing can almost always be given of the
approach of a distant storm.
New "Wireless" Triumph.
Accounts of another wireless trl
amph are reported. The staff of the
torpedo schoolship Vernon at Ports
mouth, England, has succeeded after
many experiments in devising a
scheme of keeping up communica
tions by means or wireless telegraphy
with submarine vessels when they are
under water, and so ingenious is the
contrivance that no part of the appar
atus used for receiving purposes is
visible on the surface when the boat in
communication is beneath the water.
Novel House Game.
Something decidedly new in the way
of a toy house and game is occupied
by quite a variety of inmates, but all
the shutters are closed tightly and
nobody would suspect that there was
any one inside.
But drop a buckshot into the chim
mey and instantly there is a transfor
mation scene. The shot runs down an
inclined plane from story to story, re
leasing a series of catches and caus
ing the shutters to open with a bang,
the people appearing at the windows
with as much alacrity as if there
were an alarm of fire.
Finally the shot runs out of the
bottom of the house, and a touch upon
a lever causes the figures to pop in
and the shutters to close again. The
contrivance has been patented by a
Philadelphia man.
Electrical DIscoveries.
The electro-chemlical industry of
this country has grown up since 1890.
BDt its growth has been rapid in that
decade; indeed, so rapid as to make
serious inroadis on the older process
es. As an example of this movement
may be cited the electric production
of calcium bisulphid. The substance
is made by one of the most ingenious
applications of electricity. The proc
ess in question is the invention of
Edward R. Taylor, and was put in
operation in 19i00. The process is con
tinuous, the current being regulated
either by the amount of conductive
carbon Introduced into the furnace or
by reducing the working surface of
the electrodes by partially submerging
them in molten sulphur.
Bacteria in Low Temperatures.
The researches of Prof. Dewar at
the Royal Institution of London or
low temperatures show that all bac
teria are not destroyed, even at the
lowest. Certain species live when
subjected fo- days together to temper
atures as low as 310 degrees F. The
phosphorescent organisms cease to be
luminous at the temperature of liquid
air, but the chemical reactions pro
ducing the phosphorescence are only
suspended, for the luminosity recurs
when the temperature is raised. Ii
cannot longer be assumed, then, that
the temperature of space is sufficient
to destroy all life, and it is not absurd
to suppose that life can be transferred
from one planet to another. If the
bacteria will only choose cold meteor
ites they have a chance for life. But
they must avoid the red-hot surfaces
of such celestial carriers.
Turns Gas on Automatically.
In factories and other places where
it is desired to turn on gas at given
times for heating or lighting purposes
it has heretofore been customary for
an employe to go around and light the
various burners before the working
day begins, and where the gas is used
for heating purposes, such, for in
stance, as melting tha lead in typeset
ting and typefounding machines, de
lays in commencing work were liable
to occur through neglecting to light
the burners sufficiently early.
Oddur Vigfus Sigurddson, a Danish
inventor living in London, England,
has patented a simple apparatus for
automatically turning on the gas at
the proper hour, an alarm clock being
used to release the weight which
opens the valve. As will be seen, the
clock carries a lever support, with one
end of the lever sustaining a weight
and the opposite end confined beneath
Fall of the Weight Opens the Valve.
a hook on a vertical rod. As soon as
the alarm mechanism of the clock is
put in motion the rod moves sufficient
ly to release the lever from the hook.
when the weight falls to the cushion
in the bottom of the casing, at the
same time opening the main valve in
the gas supply pipe to allow full force
to the heating flame, which has pre
viously been burning slowly, on the
gas entering the burners through a
pilot tube.
America's First Settlers.
Dr. Charles Hallock writes to The
Literary Digest that he regards Ko
rean immigration of the year 544,
which led to the founding of the Mex
ican empire in 1325. as "but an in
cidental contribution to the multiply
ing inhabitants of North America."
He says: "The Indians, or Indigenes,
of both North and South America, or
iginated from a civilization of high
degree which occupied the subequa
torial belt some 10,000 years ago
while the glacial sieet was still on.
Population spread northward as the
ice receded. " * * The gradual dis
tribution of population over the higher
latitudes in atter years was supple
mented by accretions from Europe
and Northern Asia centuries before
the coming of Columbus."
Appendicitis.
M. Lannelongue has just communi
cated to the Paris Academy of Sci
ences a long history of appendicitis.
He shows that it is by no means a
new disease. The medical records of
the last century in France contain
many instances. Egypt in the time of
the Pharoahs was not exempt, for he
shows that the mummy of a young
woman of the eleventh dynasty (some
5,000 years ago) exhibits every indica
tion that the death was due to a peri
tonitis having its origin in a diseased
appendix. This mummy has been put
to a new use. It was in Sir Thomas
Browne's time that Mizraim cured
wounds and Pharaoh was sold for bal
eams.
Great Enterprise Contemplated.
A tremendous enterprise is contem
plated by the Gould-Wabash system on
the line of the West Virginia Central.
says Electricity. Plans have been
drawn by which it is expected to lift
whole trains loaded with coal or mer
chandise up the sides of a precipitous
slope of the Great Backbone -aoun
tains in Tucker county, W. Ja., by
means of electric power. -'d by that
method make a double track road with
an easy grade both ways. The plan.
which is said to have been thoroughly
worked out by the engineering corps
of the railroad. Is a most remarkable
one in many ways
ALMOST A MIRACLE.
Case No. 49,763.-Mrs. M. Ilted,
1207 Strand street, Galveston, T
who is proprietor of a boarding b
at that address, numbering am
her boarders a dozen medical
dents, says: "I caught cold during
flood of September, 1300, and it
tied in my kidneys. Despite the f
that I tried all kinds of medicines
was under the care of physiciars,
excruciating twinges and dull achi
across the small of my back reiu
to leave, and trouble with the kidn
secretions began to set in. Fro
then, ordinary Anglo-Saxon fails to
describe the annoyance and suffering'
I endured. The fearful pain thiough
my body, loss of appetite, loss of
sleep, consequent loss of energy,
and, finally, indication of complete /
dissolution compelled me, from sheer
agony and pain, to either lie on the
floor and scream, or forced me into
spasms. On such occasions my hut
band called in a physician, whose mor
phine treatment relievl me tempo
rarily. I grew weaker and thinner,and
so run down physically that nothing
was left but skin and bone. All my
friends, acquaintances and. neighbors
knew about my critical condition, and
on one occasion I was reported dead
and they came to see my corpse. At
last the doctors attending me held a
consultation and agreed that if I did
not undergo an operation I could not
live. Preparations were made, a
room selected at the city hospital, and1
they even went so far as to have the
carriage brought to the door to carry
me there. I don't know why, but
something told me not to go, and I ab
solutely refused. Now I want the
reader to grasp every word of the, fol
lowing: A friend of ours, a Mr. Me
Gaund, knowing that my kidneys
were the real cause of the entire
trouble, brought a box of Doan's Kid
ney Pills to the house, and requested
me to give them a trial. I had taken
so much medicine that I was more
than discouraged, and had little, it
any, faith in any preparation. How
ever, I reasoned if they did not do me
good they could not possibly make me
worse, so I began the treatment. After
the third dose, I felt something dart
across me like a flash of lightning,
and from that moment I began to im
prove. The pain in my back and kid
neys positively disappeared, the kid
ney secretions became free and nat
ural. At present I rest and sleep well,
my appetite .tis od1, -my--'seta h .Jie
.increased from 118 to 155 pounds.
and my flesh is firm and solid. My
friends actually marvel at the change
in my appearance. Woas cannot ex
press my own feelings. i am not put
ting it too strongly when I say I have
been raised from the dead. I am sat
isfied that had it not been for Doan's
Kidney Pills, taken when they were,
I would have been either lying in the
Lake View Cemetery, or an invalid for
the balance of my life. I will be only
too pleased to give minuter particu
lars of my case to any one calling on
me, not, of course, out of idle curios
ity, but if they really have kidney
complaint and want to know what
course to pursue to get relief."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Isted
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 50 cents
per box.
If you are not satisfied with a bat'
loon, you had better walk.
IS YOUR LIFE WORTH 50 CENTS1
We defy the world to produce a
medicine for the cure of all forms of
Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Piles
and all diseases peculiar to women,
that will equal Smith's Sure Kidney
Cure. Ninety-eight per cent of the
cases treated with Smith's Sure Kid
ney Cure that have come under our
observation have been cured. We sell
our medicine on a positive guarantee,
if directions are followed, and money
will be refunded it cure is not effect.
ed.
Price 50 cents. For sale by all drug
gists.
As soon as the sick shoemaker it
able to work he is on the mend.
Dealers say that as soon as a custo
mer tries Defiance Starch it is im
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. It can be used cold or
boiled.
Worry knocks the life out of many
men quicker than work does.
ALL UP TO DAT2 BOUIEKErPKJpe
us Defiance Cold Water Starch. because
it I. better and 4 oz. more of it for same
The goodness of ;ime people i1
enough to drive other to perdJtion.
Oil Cure faor Caneer
Tbte Dr D. M. Bye Co.. or Dallas, T'x..--r--"e
the dlscover. of a coluona.,L.. or soothing ai
balmy hils whicb readi., cure ofll ote old g cancel
and tumor. They hate curedl mans ver, ba
cases w~thoutpjain or di4flltcmient." Their ne
tbooks e report ct re to the afteta
What a great amount of foolishness
is clothed in the guise of "enterttain,
ing."
Mr.,. Wlnslow. RSoothlnlL Hyrn..
Pro chltreo teethlng, softcns the ginsY eduee I.
tanmmano, allays psin, cures wind colic. Sc a bota
W'hat has become of the old lash.
ioned boy who had to churn?
Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the msperior
quality, of Deflance Starch makes it
next dto impossilble to sell any other
8ensible Housekeepers.
will have Defiance starch, not alone
because they get one-third more for
superior quality.
Miss (ash is one young lady who I1
ardently wooed.